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Old 12-Jul-2006, 14:04
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Originally Posted by couchcommando
What causes them to fail like this ? is it a bad design ?

As Paul says it was my fault entirely as I took the bike out of the van. It looks like the alu washer is designed to break in that way to save damage to the more expensive components - a bit like the shear bolt holding the mirrors in place on the 916 line.
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